Tom Hardy talks his Dark Knight Rises role

Tom Hardy has spoken out about his role in Chris Nolan’s soon-to-shoot Dark Knight Rises , revealing that he will be beefing up in preparation for the film .

The Inception and Bronson star appeared on Channel 4’s Alan Carr: Chatty Man , and cleared up any concerns that his portrayal of villain Bane will be anything like the character’s appearance in the critically bombed Batman & Robin.

“Chris Nolan, again, will revisit that territory entirely so I wouldn’t go by that [ Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin],” the actor confirmed.

“Plus, that’s a lot of weight to put on and I’ve got to start shooting in May. So I’ve got to get back up to that [Bronson] size again and I’ve got to get up to about 13-and-a-half or 14 stone.

"I’m 12-and-a-bit now, so I’ve got three months to do that.”

Hardy’s Bane will appear in Rises as the nemesis of Batman, while Anne Hathaway has been recruited to play Catwoman.